PRINTS BY KIERRA BRANKER

ABOUT THE ARITST —KIERRA BRANKER

Kierra Branker is a Trinidadian-American lens-based artist based in Orlando, FL. She graduated from Parsons School of Design, receiving her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography in 2019. Motivated by the cultural markers that help to formulate self-identity, her goal is to create works that reflect the shared heritage of the Caribbean diaspora.

After graduating, she moved back home to continue her photographic practice in Central Florida. In 2020, she documented the “RISE” The Mural Project based in Eatonville, FL; Photographing residents of Apopka, Florida, highlighting the Black and Brown farmworkers in that community, and photographing products from Black-owned businesses, bringing her photographic training to each of these endeavors.

Within the last two years, she’s been nominated for an Aperture’s Next Step Award, sold work as a part of Baxter Street’s Artists in Focus, and featured in Fraction Magazine, and Musée Magazine.

She is also, the co-founder of Black Shell Studio, a creative studio built to support the Black businesses and Creators of Central FL. When she’s isn’t in work mode you can find her rollerskating, following moon patterns, and drawing.

CONTACT

IG: @KNARBY

KIERRABRANKER@GMAIL.COM